6 Months exploring Australia!: Litchfield National Park

Litchfield National Park is next to a city called Batchelor about 120kms from Darwin on the way to Alice Springs.

When I stopped there on my way to Darwin all I had time for was the Florence Falls. They are the closest falls in the park.

The park itself is about 43kms away from Batchelor.

After having stocked up on food for at least a week (mostly cans and noodles) I arrived at Litchfield around 14h, so I decided to spent the night at the Florence Fall campground, 100 meters from the Falls. Normally you are supposed to pay $6,6 per person per night and place it in an envelope with your license plate number and name in a sort of letter box... Because it was just me and 2 or 3 others I didn't, thinking nobody did, which is no excuse I know, and also it was a way of saving money. The camp area had a toilet and shower and fireplaces. But most of all it had flies..

I spent four nights in Litchfield. Two in Florence Fall camp area, one in Wangi Falls and one in Buley Rockhole camp area.

Florence Falls was the most beautiful place, small but gorgeous. I spent almost a day swimming and laying in the water getting picket at by small fish.

Wangi Falls was a different kind of place, it looked like a giant swimming pool surrounded by huge gorges and with two waterfalls in the back. I must admit the first time swimming to the waterfalls was a bit scary, but I have faith in the crocodile surveys that gives the all clear for swimming.

Buley Rockhole is something different, it is where the water flows from one hole to another till it get back to Florence Falls. A great place to jump from rocks into deep holes and to lay pondering on a bit of rock just covered in warm spring water. Water that was okay to bottle by the way so I filled about 3. With this heat it is always good to have drinking water.